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Nancy E. Bailey

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Improve and Save OUR Democratic Public Schools! nancyebailey.com.

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Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 3h ago

It's tiring and worrisome to see biased literacy mandates driven by the same group of people, usually selling stuff, with the other side going unnoticed. Here are a few voices that should be heard and placed front and center when it comes to reading. nancyebailey.com/2026/08/05/s...

Science of Reading Mandates: Who’s Listening to The Experts? - Nancy Bailey's Education Website

Forty states are mandating the Science of Reading (SoR), promoting what they call evidence-based learning. Sadly, for years, thought-provoking arguments by accomplished reading and educational experts...

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Christine Langhoff@clanghoff.bsky.social · 2w ago

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Bruce Lesley@brucelesley.bsky.social · 2w ago

Open Letter to the National Assessment Governing Board: Stop Letting Others Lie About Our Children with Your Data open.substack.com/pub/bruceles... Cites @roblevine82.bsky.social @plthomasedd.bsky.social @palan57.bsky.social @dianeravitch.bsky.social @jerseyjazzman.bsky.social @brookings.edu

Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 3d ago

Weird titles/strange ideas about education & students identified by @nancyflanagan.bsky.social. Like, just scare a child into thinking they'll be retained in third grade, and they'll work harder. Since when did teaching get mean? teacherinastrangeland.blog/2026/07/29/r...

Ridiculous Headlines about Public Education

I’ve been writing about education policy and practice for more than 25 years, in my local newspaper (gratis), for an education nonprofit (paid), for Education Week (the journal of record for ed pol…

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Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · last wk.

The best speech of the Correspondent's Dinner seems to have gone mostly unnoticed. An honest and humble show of the importance of immigrants to America, women in the workforce, and a big nod to America's public school teachers. nancyebailey.com/2026/07/28/t...

The Best Correspondent’s Dinner Message That Should Not Go Unnoticed! - Nancy Bailey's Education Website

...when this is your home, you inherit something remarkable: the protections in the First Amendment- free religion, free speech, free press, free assembly, free petition. This fundamental right belong...

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Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 6d ago

Measles is at an all-time high, deeply concerning for children. Thanks, RFK! We're still scared to eat our greens. Thanks, RFK! What's the Republican response? Beat down the guy who helped save us from COVID. Vote these anti-science people out!

Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 6d ago

Measles is at an all-time high, deeply concerning for children. Thanks, RFK! We're still scared to eat our greens. Thanks, RFK! What's the Republican response? Beat down the guy who helped save us from COVID. Vote these anti-science people out!

Nancy Flanagan 🎼@nancyflanagan.bsky.social · last wk.

@nancyebailey.bsky.social's beautifully written tribute to the fine work of public school teachers everywhere, who help immigrant children realize their dreams: nancyebailey.com/2026/07/28/t...

The Best Correspondent’s Dinner Message That Should Not Go Unnoticed! - Nancy Bailey's Education Website

...when this is your home, you inherit something remarkable: the protections in the First Amendment- free religion, free speech, free press, free assembly, free petition. This fundamental right belong...

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Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · last wk.

The best speech of the Correspondent's Dinner seems to have gone mostly unnoticed. An honest and humble show of the importance of immigrants to America, women in the workforce, and a big nod to America's public school teachers. nancyebailey.com/2026/07/28/t...

The Best Correspondent’s Dinner Message That Should Not Go Unnoticed! - Nancy Bailey's Education Website

...when this is your home, you inherit something remarkable: the protections in the First Amendment- free religion, free speech, free press, free assembly, free petition. This fundamental right belong...

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Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 2w ago

How a group is merging civics instruction in public schools with religion and pushing aside the great diversity America is about. nancyebailey.com/2026/07/19/p...

Problems with Civics Alliance Standards - Nancy Bailey's Education Website

By Beckie Mostello Civics Alliance is a national coalition of conservative education reformers, policymakers, parents, and citizens dedicated to preserving and restoring traditional civics education i...

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Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 3w ago

One would think that Linda McMahon would spend some time reading about the history of special education before she shuffles IDEA over to HHS. It will be interesting to see what services students get this fall. nancyebailey.com/2025/08/30/l...

Linda McMahon’s Reckless and Scary Disregard for Special Education History - Nancy Bailey's Education Website

Linda McMahon appears unaware of the past progress made in serving students with disabilities in public schools. Nor does she understand the complexities surrounding student needs and the long-time un...

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Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 2w ago

The BEST of the Correspondents' Dinner: Emmy Award-winning television journalist Weijia Jiang paid tribute to her family, who came to America, and to the public school teachers who believed in her! ❤️

Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 2w ago

The BEST of the Correspondents' Dinner: Emmy Award-winning television journalist Weijia Jiang paid tribute to her family, who came to America, and to the public school teachers who believed in her! ❤️

Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 2w ago

The focus should be on well-qualified teachers who are paid well. They're the ❤️ of a great public school system. nancyebailey.com/2022/07/13/s...

Students Need Teachers NOT Tutors! Who’s Pushing Tutors and Why? - Nancy Bailey's Education Website

Reports of teacher shortages, or call it the Great Teacher Pushout, run rampant in states, a crisis this country has never seen before. But instead of working to improve conditions and lift the teachi...

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Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 2w ago

A reminder that tutors, while likely helpful, are not teachers. Great, well-paid, highly-prepared teachers should be the heart of public education. nancyebailey.com/2021/03/07/t...

Tutors Replacing Teachers: A Failed Privatization Plot Returns - Nancy Bailey's Education Website

The pandemic showed that for students to get quality instruction, especially poor children of color, America must invest in real teachers, smaller class sizes, and better working conditions, including...

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Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 2w ago

"It might be good time to reach out to our elected officials and demand action. The phone number for Congress is 202-224-3121 but don’t forget your local officials, too....” hartmannreport.com/p/first-they...

First They Came for Immigrants. Then They Came for Dissent. Next Are They Coming for Us?

Every authoritarian system begins by targeting someone else, until the circle widens to include critics, opponents, and ordinary citizens…

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TrumpsTaxes@trumpstaxes.com · 2w ago

At a time when Pete Hegseth is going out of his way to stop the promotions of black and female officers, know that 3 of the 4 U.S. soldiers who died this week were black or female. Let us remember: 1st Lt. Tyler Feehan Pfc. Isabella Gonzales Sgt. Angel Rampersad Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton

Picture of 4 fallen U.S. soldiers: 1st Lt. Tyler Feehan Pfc. Isabella Gonzales Sgt. Angel Rampersad Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton
Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 2w ago

The focus should be on well-qualified teachers who are paid well. They're the ❤️ of a great public school system. nancyebailey.com/2022/07/13/s...

Students Need Teachers NOT Tutors! Who’s Pushing Tutors and Why? - Nancy Bailey's Education Website

Reports of teacher shortages, or call it the Great Teacher Pushout, run rampant in states, a crisis this country has never seen before. But instead of working to improve conditions and lift the teachi...

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Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 2w ago

A reminder that tutors, while likely helpful, are not teachers. Great, well-paid, highly-prepared teachers should be the heart of public education. nancyebailey.com/2021/03/07/t...

Tutors Replacing Teachers: A Failed Privatization Plot Returns - Nancy Bailey's Education Website

The pandemic showed that for students to get quality instruction, especially poor children of color, America must invest in real teachers, smaller class sizes, and better working conditions, including...

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Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 2w ago

Private schools aren't always great, like so many believe. In fact, they can be pretty awful. www.propublica.org/article/arka...

This Private School Had Students Scrub Floors and Attack a Fellow Classmate. The State Still Funds It.

One of the few requirements for Arkansas private schools is that they have an American flag and a flagpole. But millions in state funds go to the largely unmonitored schools while complaints about saf...

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Nancy E. Bailey@nancyebailey.bsky.social · 2w ago

How a group is merging civics instruction in public schools with religion and pushing aside the great diversity America is about. nancyebailey.com/2026/07/19/p...

Problems with Civics Alliance Standards - Nancy Bailey's Education Website

By Beckie Mostello Civics Alliance is a national coalition of conservative education reformers, policymakers, parents, and citizens dedicated to preserving and restoring traditional civics education i...

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Robert Reich@rbreich.bsky.social · 3w ago

At least 52 people have died in ICE custody since Trump returned to the White House. At least 23 people have been shot at by federal immigration agents. And thousands more have been caged, separated from their families, or shipped off to dangerous countries. The cruelty is endless.